Scott's trick

English

Etymology

Introduced by Dana Scott in 1955.

Proper noun

Scott's trick

  1. (set theory) A method for giving a definition of equivalence classes for equivalence relations on a proper class, relying on the axiom of regularity but not on the axiom of choice.
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